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Medical Industry Needs to Examine the National Consequences of New Uterus Transplant Surgery

Medical Industry Needs to Examine the National Consequences of New Uterus Transplant Surgery

March 13, 2016

One of the most incredible things about medical limitations in our world today is that they are often temporary. Science and technology in the medical field are constantly evolving, changing and implementing...

"The Onion" Gives A Cynical World Reason To Laugh And Think

“The Onion” Gives A Cynical World Reason To Laugh And Think

March 11, 2016

In a world plagued by war, famine and Donald Drumpf, I often glide, like a light-seeking jellyfish, to those news organizations that leave me warm and secure and happy. Sure, The New York Times and The...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gives a speech on the state of the Republican nomination for president at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Thursday, March, 3, 2016. (Tara Lincoln, Daily Utah Chronicle)

Attack on Trump Could be Mitt Romney’s First Step Back into Position of Power

March 11, 2016

Last Thursday, Mitt Romney, a Republican Presidential candidate in the 2012 race, voiced his profound concern for the future of our nation if Donald Trump were to be chosen as the Republican nominee for...

Dying "the Good Death": People Need to Accept Mortality for More Peaceful Process

Dying “the Good Death”: People Need to Accept Mortality for More Peaceful Process

March 10, 2016

Ars moriendi — “the art of dying” — was established in 1415 when a Dominican friar published a book instructing its readers how to achieve “the good death.” This amounted to spending one’s...

People march during the Utah Against Police Brutality rally and march for Abdi Mohamed in dowtown Salt Lake City, Utah on Monday, Feb.29th, 2016. (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

Shooting in SLC Forces Utahns to Look at Police Brutality Through New Lens

March 9, 2016

Last week, Salt Lake was marked as yet another city distinctly and publicly affected by the ongoing hurricane of media-fueled police harassment and violence. Police say Abdi Mohamed, the victim of the...

The Pokémon Phenomenon Represents the Millennial Generation's Values

The Pokémon Phenomenon Represents the Millennial Generation’s Values

March 8, 2016

In the wake of Pokémon’s 20th anniversary, many are wondering what made the series so successful. Many of us spent our youth capturing, battling and trading Pokémon. We’ve been around since the early...

Tech Integration Is The Future Of Public Education

Tech Integration Is The Future Of Public Education

March 7, 2016

From the influence of Arne Duncan to that of Mark Zuckerberg, the future of the United States' education system seems to be at the cusp of something huge. Duncan, the U.S. Secretary of Education who resigned...

People at the Bennett Federal Building at the Utah Against Police Brutality rally and march for Abdi Mohamed in dowtown Salt Lake City, Utah on Monday, Feb.29th, 2016. (Rishi Deka, Daily Utah Chronicle)

Op-Ed: Institutional Racism Fuels Continued Shootings of Unarmed Black People

March 7, 2016

Our beliefs and values shape the way we look at the world and the way we treat it. Unfortunately, our paradigm of normal has exempted accountability for those who hold positions of power. When we give...

Cigarette butts in a smoking disposal on top of a garbage can on campus Monday, Sept. 14, 2015

Smoking Ban Would Help Those in Public Housing Stay Healthy

March 7, 2016

What I enjoyed most about the TV show “Mad Men” was that the series adhered fairly reliably to the period in which it was set (the ‘60s). Back then, it was more or less natural for men to leave their...